THE managing director of Waitrose, the president of the NFU and the chief executive of the RSPB are among the first contributors to a new online forum for agricultural discussion launched by the Conservative Party today (Friday, July 24).

MIDLANDS-BASED Johal Dairies have been refused permission to appeal against a High Court judgement which found they had paid an illegal immigrant £40,000 to steal information from rival supplier J.N.Dairies.

THE Crop Protection Association has welcomed a new Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) document dealing with the issues of crop protection and the potentially damaging impact for UK agriculture and horticulture of the new EU Regulation on pesticide authorisations.

NEW figures revealing a massive 63p per kg difference between the top one-third and bottom one-third producers highlight the importance of managing lamb production costs to ensure financial success for sheep farmers.

NEW figures revealing a massive 63p per kg difference between the top one-third and bottom one-third producers highlight the importance of managing lamb production costs to ensure financial success for sheep farmers.

More and more growers are using a specialist take-all seed treatment as routine on an increasing proportion of their second wheat acreage, reveals the second consecutive annual second wheat management study.

Once again the Northern Tillage event is to be held in the Scottish Borders. The sandy loam soils on Redpath Farms at Mid Softlaw near Kelso will be where the metal is put to the test as Mervyn Bailey finds out